Presidents of KMEA


1934-1936
David T. Lawson
Topeka
Selected to the KMEA Hall of Fame in 1985
 
1936-1937
Vigil F. Parman
Dodge City
 
1937-1938
William G. Altimari
Atchison
Selected to the KMEA Hall of Fame in 1978
 
1938-1940
Grace V. Wilson
Wichita
Selected to the KMEA Hall of Fame in 1980
 
1940-1942
N. Voss Napier
Ellsworth
Selected to the KMEA Hall of Fame in 1978
 
1942-1943
Alan Watrous
Hutchinson
 
1943-1944
Catharine E. Strouse
Emporia
Selected to the KMEA Hall of Fame in 1978
 
1944-1945
G. Lewis Doll
Kansas City
 
1945-1947
Gerald N. Weaver
Pratt
 
1947-1950
William H. Beck Jr.
Colby
Selected to the KMEA Hall of Fame in 1981
 
1950-1952
J. Milford Crabb
Kansas City
Selected to the KMEA Hall of Fame in 1978
 
1952-1954
James H. Barrett
Hutchinson
 
1954-1956
Harold G. Palmer
Hays
Selected to the KMEA Hall of Fame in 1976
 
1956-1959
Donald R. Bafley
Russell
 
1959-1961
F. Robert Hollowell
Wichita
Selected to the KMEA Hall of Fame in 1980
Served as KMEA Executive Director (succeeded by Don Corbett)
 
1961-1963
Dean B. Owen
Dighton
 
1963-1965
Leroy Esau
Hutchinson
 
1965-1967
Thayne Tolle
Lindsborg
 
1967-1969
Kenneth Shaheen
Great Bend
Selected to the KMEA Hall of Fame in 2006
1969-1971
Gerald M. Carney
Lawrence
Selected to the KMEA Hall of Fame in 1977
 
1971-1973
Don Corbett
Hutchinson/Wichita
Served as MENC National President 1986-1988
Selected to the KMEA Hall of Fame in 1997
Served as KMEA Executive Director 1992-2002 (succeeded F. Robert Hollowell, succeeded by John Taylor)
1973-1975
Ed Bartely
Lawrence
Selected to the KMEA Hall of Fame in 2005
 
1975-1977
Robert A. Steinbauer
Manhattan
Selected to the KMEA Hall of Fame in 1999
 
1977-1979
William Lilley
Hutchinson
 
1979-1981
Lyle Dilley
Hays
Selected to the KMEA Hall of Fame in 1990
 
1981-1982
Betty G. Owens
Manhattan
 
1982-1985
David Circle
Shawnee Mission
Served as MENC National President 2005-2007
1985-1987
Larry Williams
Winfield
Selected to the KMEA Hall of Fame in 2002
 
1987-1989
Vaughn Lippoldt
Coffeyville
Selected to the KMEA Hall of Fame in 2005
 
1989-1991
Jodie Russell
Independence
 
1991-1993
Robert E. Lee
Haven
Selected to the Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame in 2005
1993-1995
Jeff Anderson
Lawrence
 
1995-1997
Vernon Nicholson
Wichita
Selected to the KMEA Hall of Fame in 2000
1997-1999
Gayle McMillen
Salina
Served as MENC Southwestern Division President 2001-2003
1999-2001
John W. Taylor
Wichita
Served as KMEA Executive Director since 2002 (succeeded Don Corbett)
2001-2003
Ronald D. Chronister
Halstead
Served as MENC Southwestern Division President 2005-2007
2003-2005
Rick Ives
Clearwater
2005-2006
Dee Hansen
Lawrence
2006-2007
Rick Ives
Clearwater
2007-2009
Jean Ney
Kansas City
2009-2011
Mike Quilling
Holcomb
   
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